Clsd tx/patellar fx without manip 27520 at Atrium Health Cleveland

201 E Grover St, Shelby, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1669348991

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$435.78

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$871.55

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$122.02 with Partners vs $827.97 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Partners Managed Medicaid $122.02 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $122.98 ↓ -72%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $125.33 ↓ -71%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $125.33 ↓ -71%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $125.33 ↓ -71%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $126.55 ↓ -71%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $129.08 ↓ -70%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $129.34 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $145.90 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $157.40 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $182.42 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $203.42 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare Advantage $229.76 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $230.96 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $233.14 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $236.52 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $237.22 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $267.65 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $278.37 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $281.51 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $316.37 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $320.73 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $377.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $385.23 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $405.27 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $435.78 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $451.46 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $456.69 ↑ +5%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $465.41 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $486.32 ↑ +12%
Magellan Behavioral Health $522.93 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $566.51 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $566.51 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $577.84 ↑ +33%
Cigna Commercial SAR $588.30 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $627.52 ↑ +44%
Aetna First Health Commercial $671.09 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $697.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $697.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $697.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $714.67 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $740.82 ↑ +70%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $740.82 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $784.40 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $801.83 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $827.97 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Clsd tx/patellar fx without manip 27520 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $435.78 $130.38 – $827.97
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $435.78 $162.98 – $766.96
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $435.78 $106.94 – $827.97
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $435.78 $98.31 – $827.97
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $435.78 $75.38 – $801.83
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $435.78 $87.16 – $801.83
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $435.78 $104.59 – $836.69
Atrium Health Union Monroe $435.78 $113.30 – $827.97

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